Pieters. Chemical composition and deterioration of glass excavated in the 15th-16th century fishermen town of Raversijde (Belgium). Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, 59(10-11), (2004) 1647-1656.Schalm O., Caluwe D., Wouters H., Janssens K., Verhaeghe F., Pieters M., ...
Schalm, O., Caluwe, D., Wouters, H., Janssens, K., Verhaeghe, K., and Pieters, M., `Chemical composition and deterioration of glass excavated in the 15th-16th century fishermen town Raversijde (Belgium)', Spectrochimica Acta Part B 59 (2004) 1647-1656....
The information from both, enhanced with insights from the literature, leads to the hypothesis that the Walraversijde vessels were used during an exceptional festivity, probably linked to the blessing of a ship in 15th-century Walraversijde, and the phallus thus was considered as an apotropaion...